Less Than Half of Parents Surveyed Plan to Get COVID-19 Vaccine for Youngest Children
About 43% of parents surveyed said they would not get their young children vaccinated against COVID-19.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Third Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine Appears Least Effective for Lymphoma Patients
Vaccine effectiveness against breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections was 10.5% for patients with lymphoma.
Fourth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Safe for Immunocompromised
Local and systemic reactions were reported less frequently after the fourth dose than after the third dose.
CDC Report Addresses Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Resistance
Increases in resistant infections from 2019 to 2020 were seen for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter and antifungal-resistant Candida auris.
Infant Hospitalization for COVID-19 Reduced With Maternal Vaccination
The effectiveness of maternal vaccination against COVID-19 hospitalization in infants was 80% during delta and 38% during omicron.
Higher Antibody Titers Observed With Moderna’s Bivalent Omicron Booster Candidate
A 50mcg booster dose of mRNA-1273.214 elicited significantly higher neutralizing antibody responses against omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 in adults.
Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Gets FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is administered intramuscularly as a 2-dose primary series (0.5mL each), separated by 3 weeks.
COVID-19 Vaccine Booster, Evusheld Improve Protection for Patients With Blood Cancers
Less than half of patients seroconverted after 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, but 56% of those patients seroconverted after a third dose.
Unclear Why Some NSCLC Patients Respond Poorly to COVID-19 Vaccination
A subset of patients with non-small cell lung cancer have “very suboptimal” responses to COVID-19 vaccination, according to researchers.
COVID-19 Vaccination Greatly Reduced Morbidity, Mortality Burden in U.S.
Vaccination is estimated to have prevented 58% of expected deaths in adults from Sept. 1-30, 2021.
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